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Racing Club Warwick Football Club is a football club based in Warwick, Warwickshire, and competes in the Midland League Premier Division.

Racing Club Warwick

Full name	Racing Club Warwick Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Racers
Founded	1919
Ground	Townsend Meadow, Warwick
Chairman	Gary Vella
Manager	Scott Easterlow
League	Midland League Premier Division
2021–22	Midland League Premier Division, 14th of 19
Home colours Away colours

History

They were formed in 1919 under the name of Saltisford Rovers and played in various local leagues including the Warwick League, Leamington & District League and the Warwickshire Combination until 1967. During this period the club won a number of honours, including the Birmingham Alliance Senior Cup when they defeated Birmingham City in the final at St. Andrews. In 1967 the club joined the West Midlands (Regional) League. Three years later they changed to their current name (which came from the fact that their ground is by Warwick Racecourse) and soon afterwards switched to the Midland Football Combination, where they were champions in 1988 and runners-up in 1989. After the latter honour they gained promotion to the Southern League where they remained until 2003 when they finished bottom of the Western Division and dropped into the Midland Football Alliance. They remained in the Midland Football Alliance until the end of the 2008–09 season, when they were relegated to the Midland Football Combination Premier Division, now the Midland Football League Division One. At the start of the 2016–17 season the club began huge infrastructure renovations following the arrival of local businessman Chairman Gary Vella and the new committee members the previous year, including new changing rooms, floodlighting, stands and artificial training area. The club's record win is 15–0 recorded on 26 December 2016.[1] They gained their first promotion for 30 years in 2018-19 as runners-up in the Midland Football League Division One. The club installed a 3g pitch in the winter of 2020 in order to expand their community activity and provide a broad spectrum of football to include women's and disability amongst other community groups. A Soccersix league plays on Monday evenings and the West Midlands Ambulance Service will play their home fixtures at the ground.

Youth set-up and football academy

As of the 2022–23 season the club has a youth team in the Midland Floodlight Youth League, teams from U-8 to U-16 and an academy nursery section, Mini Racers, for children aged 4 to 7. The junior teams are entered into the Coventry Minor League, MJPL and the Mid Warwickshire league. Wildcats for Girls began in April 2021. The club also have an academy and education programme run by ex Coventry City Captain Carl Baker in partnership with HOET.

Players

First team squad

As of 23 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Dan Crane — GK  ENG Lewis McKay — DF  ENG Ricardo Dudley — DF  ENG Cal Templeton — DF  ENG Josh Steele — DF  ENG Ben Kendrick — DF  ENG Jamal Clarke — DF  ENG Ben Tomlinson — MF  ENG Josh Parsons — MF  ENG Armani Bennett — MF  ENG Desean Martin — MF  ENG Eli Bako

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Connor Mort — MF  ENG Toby Scott — MF  ENG Chris Mayuba — MF  ENG Hannibal Salami — MF  ENG Elie Ikwa — MF  ENG Ralph Penton — FW  ENG Danny Murphy — FW  ENG Dylan Parker — FW  ENG Colin Smith

Backroom staff and club officials

Name	Position
Gary Vella	Chairman
TBC	Vice-chairman
Phil Salter	Treasurer
Pat Murphy	Football Secretary
Kevin Walsh	Club Secretary
Ryan Goode	Board Member Junior Secretary
Ian Ray	Welfare Officer
Ruth Vella	Board Member
Scott Easterlow	First Team Manager
Kev McGarvey	Assistant Manager
Simon Rae	First team Head Coach
Tyler Mutton	GK Coach
Paddy Billington	First Team Kitman
Kiran Bahra	Physio
Ralph	Groundsman
Adam Hughes	U23 Manager
Ash Reynolds	U23 Assistant Manager
Matt Tomlinson	U18 Head Coach
Gary Fuller	U18 Coach
Carl Baker	Academy Lead Coach
Matty Nutt	Academy Coach
Paul Reynolds	Academy GK Coach

Honours

• Warwick League Champions 1933–36 inclusive
• Warwick Cinderella Cup Winners 1935–39 inclusive, 1946–47
• T.G John Cup Winners 1936–37
• Leamington & District Champions 1937–38 and 1945–48 inclusive
• Birmingham & West Midlands Alliance Champions 1948–49
• Leamington Hospital Cup Winners 1938–39, 1946–47
• Leamington Junior Cup Winners 1938–39, 1946–47
• Birmingham & District Alliance Senior Cup Winners 1949–50
• Midland Combination Premier Division Champions 1987–88
• Midland Alliance League Cup Winners 2004–05
• Midland Floodlit Youth League southern champions 2013–14

Club records

• Best league performance: Southern League Midland Division, 10th, 1994–95
• Best FA Cup performance: 3rd qualifying round, 1987–88
• Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd round, 1998–99
• Best FA Vase performance: 4th round, 1977–78
• Biggest league win: 15–0 v Southam United, 26 December 2016
• Most league goals scored in a season: 119, 2018–19
• Record goalscorer in a season: Ben Mackey, 37 goals, 2018–19

Sources

• Racing Club Warwick at the Football Club History Database
• Mike and Tony Williams (2006). Non League Club Directory 2006. Tony Williams Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-869833-54-6.

References

External links

• Club website

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